High-latitude ionospheric currents during very quiet times: Their characteristics and predictability

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2001-2014

  Ritter, P ^a   Luhr H ^a   Maus, S ^a   Viljanen, A ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; electric fields and currents; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 3242880316     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2001-2004     Document Type: Article

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